UT Board of Regents Votes Against Los Alamos Bid, Backs Collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories

The University of Texas Board of Regents voted yesterday against seeking the management contract for the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, but approved a five-year collaboration with the Sandia National Laboratories, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Jan. 14).

UT System Chancellor Mark Yudof had recommended against the Los Alamos bid after the university was unable to secure a management partner.

The agreement with Sandia gives the university a role in managing the Albuquerque facility, but the focus will be on “more pure science and technology,” Yudof said.

Along with promoting education and research collaboration, the agreement calls on the university to review Sandia’s science and technology programs. The university plans to open an office at the laboratory by Oct. 1, AP reported (Brandi Grissom, Associated Press/Houston Chronicle, Feb. 11).

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